Month: March 2007

Classic Army's first "original" AEG build. While it is internally based on the M15, many improvments have been made to make the SCAR-L an airsoftreality. What was most impressive to me is how CA brought this to market w/o the fanfare and hype of other manufacturers, who stil have yet to deliver on their promises.

Latest Add-Ons

There is already a very detailed review of the CA SCAR-L by AEX located here (Thar be an ORCA easter egg on that page ;). I will try and focus on what wasn't covered in their review.

Classic Army – SCAR-L

Features:

Unique Serial Number

Metal Charging Handle

7mm Metal Bearing Gear Box

Hi-Cap Magazine (300 Rd)

Metal Flip up Front & Rear Sight

CNC made Metal Upper Receiver

Up to 9.6V Mini Type Battery can be used

Fiber Lower Receiver & Retractable Folding Stock

Magazine Released Catch can function in both sides of receiver

Bearing Spring Guide, Bearing Piston Head, Sealed Nozzle & Cylinder

Motor without screw type

Starting to like the Tan/Sand/Desert Furniture now ;P Color Comparisons.

The machined upper is very nice and doing the battery butt stock modification from the AEX Review makes battery change very easy. This is a very skirmishable gun out fo the box with a few easy modifications.

I purchased the Tactical Tailor – 1911 Modular Holster – Multicam for my real 1911's, but I had to check out how the airsoft 1911's worked as well ;). The holster is fabric wrapped around kydex to help keep the holsters shape and rigidity. It is very simple in design, but has worked out well so far. This carries single stack and dual stack 1911's no problem, but doesn't like wide under rails.

I got the Tactical Tailor – Modular Padded Belt to use with my real firearms. While leg holsters look "cool", while I'm at the indoor range, I'd personally rather have my firearm kept close to my side and above my hip (Also saves from banging the firearm on the lane tables). I shopped around on traditional belted holsters, but when I saw TT made a Modular Padded Belt, which could use my existing Molle holsters, that was a winner!

I've had a few different brands of pistol mag pouches, Spectre, BHI, HSGI. I decided to look for a Multicam, multiple pouch system this time. I decided to try the Tactical Tailor magazine pouch system. These specific pouches come with a Kydex (thermoplastic acrylic-polyvinyl chloride) inserts which basically lock in most size magazines into the pouch. This mean you can use the pouches with or without the outer flaps, but the mag will stay securely in the pouch until pulled out.

Since I love my other AK SOPMOD so much, I decided to convert my already modded AK/AKM to an AK74 SOPMOD. This replaced alot of crappy ACM parts and furniture I had previously installed, but as always, the TM Internals have been working reliably. New build added the following accessories:

I had to have the stock tabs cut off the AK74 metal body, to accommodate the VLTOR AK Stock Tube. It fit together well. Other then that, all other parts bolted on w/o having to make any adjustments.

Tokyo Marui – AK47 – AK74 SOPMOD

I did buy an Element made AK SOPMOD Kit which included Tactical Trigger Guard/Mag Release, Upswept Bolt Handle and Selector. This will no be 2 out of 2 Element products that are complete garbage (The first was an Element AK74 metal body). The Element AK SOPMOD Kit will not fit on a King Arms AK74 Metal body w/o modifications, so remembering the frustration I had with the first Element product I had. I gave up easily on this1 and will not add it.

Pulled these in for my AK SOPMOD build. These come in a set of 5 and are 100 round capacity per magazine. Typical MAG strong springs insure smooth proper bb feeding. While these are mostly plastic in build, they are about 3/4 the weight of a TM Steel AK Lowcap.

Finally found an X47 rail system I can live with and was not ridiculously priced. The First Factory/Nitro.Vo X47 Rail System. Now just need to replace that crappy GWS AK SOPMOD Bolt, find a Krebs Offset Vertical Grip, Tactical Magazine Catch and possibly an AK104 style front end to fully complete this project 😉

Update 05/2007

UFC/G&P finally released their copy of the TDI X47 rail system. Redwolf has them for $349.00 in Hong Kong, but the Real Steel TDI X47 sells here in the US for $379.00. So this combined with the fact the GWS AK SOPMOD Bolt broke, I've lost interest in this project. Will keep you posted.

Tokyo Marui – AK47 – SOPMOD conversion

The Tokyo Marui AK47 is one of TM's most successful lines as far as durability, and stock fps and accuracy. The are also relatively simple to work on and tons of upgrades exist.

After only having this installed for a few days.. The extended Bolt snapped off ;( The welds appear to have rusted a bit and just releasing the bolt was enough force to snap the handle off. Bad build, bad quality. Avoid this add-on.

GWS AK SOPMOD Bolt and Selector on TM AK47 – Closed

I chose to add the GWS AK SOPMOD Bolt and Selector because I want to build a Blackheart Int'l Style AK SOPMOD. I'm waiting for a few more parts to complete the build,but it's well underway.

GWS AK SOPMOD Bolt and Selector on TM AK47 – Open

The GWS AK SOPMOD Bolt and Selector is a nice simple all metal kit. The custom selector switch will hold the bolt open and cosmetically it serves it's purpose.

Unfortunately you do need to remove the stock TM plastic battery tray on the AK for installation. The only problem with that is the mechbox and some innards are visible after installation